Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 3:7-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

7And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

10And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.

11And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

12Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

13And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

14And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

1 Kings 3:7-14

Biblical Context

Solomon, a young king, asks for an understanding heart to discern good from bad for ruling God's people. God grants wisdom and riches because the motive is service, not self.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, you are the king seated on an inner throne. Solomon's self-doubt—'I am but a little child'—reveals that the ordinary self does not know how to go out or come in; yet the I AM within you already governs. When you, as this king, request only understanding to discern good from evil, you invoke the inner law of the soul. God answers by endowing you with a wise and understanding heart, and blesses you with riches and honor as outward signs of harmony with divine order. The condition is simple: walk in the way of your inner statutes, remain loyal to your higher counsel, and your days will lengthen in proportion to that fidelity. Your life becomes the obedient echo of your inner decision. This is not history but a universal law of consciousness: your imagination, rightly tended, creates the outer order. Imagine yourself already possessing discernment, and let that reality govern every choice you make, until the outer reflects the inward throne.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, assume the throne of discernment within, and declare, 'I ask for an understanding heart to discern judgment.' Feel the certainty rising as if wisdom is already mine, and proceed from that assured state.